Williams, author of the Read Across America recommended title Jump at the Sun: The True Life Tale of Unstoppable Storycatcher Zora Neale Hurston, talks about her book, the elementary book featured in March month on the Read Across America calendar, in a video interview with Marley Dias. Watch activist, author, and Read Across America Ambassador Marley Dias share her story of how Jacqueline Woodson’s Brown Girl Dreaming ignited her activism and inspire other to share their stories.Īlicia D. NEA is selecting stories to feature on NEA’s website, social media channels, in print, and at special events. Stories are being written or told on video and shared as part of the Reader Experience.
This year, NEA is asking educators, students, and readers from all walks of life to share their voices and own stories about books and reading experiences as part of Read Across America. The event, in partnership with Simon & Schuster, begins at 7 p.m. This panel will cover how providing book choices that represent the richness of students’ lives can make a difference in high school classrooms. Elle ( Wings of Ebony), Margarita Engle ( With a Star in My Hand), Loan Le ( A Phở Love Story), and Britteny Morris ( The Cost of Knowing)-discuss why diverse books matter for all students as part of a moderated conversation led by educator Tanya Johnson Martin. In a YA Author Chat, four young adult authors-J. For the first time, NEA is hosting a special Read Across America event focused on older readers. Have book suggestion of your own? Help us celebrate Read Across America Day by sharing your favorite books by subject.This year, NEA will also try something new as part of its Read Across America program, the celebration that takes officially takes place on March 2, Read Across America Day. All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque.The Hound of Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar.Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls.Guralnick (Author), Janet Stevens (Illustrator) Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans by Don Brown.Children of the Wild West by Russell Freedman.We Want Jobs! A Story of the Great Depression by Robert J.Uncle Sam and Old Glory: Symbols of America by Delno C.A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson.The Meaning of It All: Thoughts of a Citizen-Scientist by Richard Feynman.Under a Lucky Star by Roy Chapman Andrews (Author), Ann Bausum (Afterword), Charles Gallenkamp (Foreword).The Magic School Bus by Joanna Cole and Bruce Degen (Illustrator).If You Decide to Go to the Moon by Faith McNulty and Steven Kellogg.
Several of them are available to read online.Ĭhallenge your students to think inside the cover. Here is a list of books to fit every subject. Reading helps develop the writing, listening, and speaking skills that are critical to success in the classroom. “It’s common to believe that literacy instruction is solely the charge of language arts teachers,” says Rebecca Alber in an article for Edutopia, “but, frankly, this just is not so.” Students with effective communication skills are more likely to thrive in any classroom. If you are thinking “but, I’m a math teacher”: not so fast.
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